This atlas is one of GeorgiaView’s outreach
activities. The theme of this atlas is the
impact of urbanization. Many people
underestimate the extensive change of land
cover in their living environment. Even if
many online platforms provide land cover or
land cover change information, they are not
reached to the public easily because of,
mostly, technical limits. As a way of helping
people's environmental awareness and
decision making, intuitively and
informatively, GeorgiaView will develop
image atlas series using community
boundaries in Georgia such as 159 counties,
14 congressional districts, and 12 regional
commissions. Landsat imagery,
administrative boundaries, and the National
Land Cover Database (NLCD) are important
datasets that are used in this atlas. Road
network datasets are also used as a reference
for relative locations of geographical units
such as counties.
This atlas will appeal to various decision
makers who use geographical boundaries at
local and state governments. It may also be
used for civilizing K-12 students about their
communities, land cover changes, and
environmental awareness.